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title: "What Displaced Leaders Should Do First: Carly's Real-Time Take on Meta's 8,000 Cuts"
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summary: "Carly Vivian reflects on the emotional and financial toll of Meta's 8,000 job cuts, focusing on the women silently running severance calculations and facing uncertainty alone. The post highlights the loneliness of layoffs, especially for senior leaders, and offers solidarity to those affected across tech, consulting, finance, and other industries."
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# What Displaced Leaders Should Do First: Carly's Real-Time Take on Meta's 8,000 Cuts

Carly Vivian 2mo Report this post 8,000 jobs at Meta this morning. I am watching the announcements scroll past and I am thinking about the women I know who are not posting about it. The ones who are sitting at the kitchen table doing math on the severance package. The ones who opened the spreadsheet last night and ran the runway calculation three different ways because the first two times, the number was not the one they wanted. The mortgage. The kids' tuition. The aging parent. The health insurance that runs out far too soon. I am thinking about the woman who has been a Senior Manager or a Director or a VP for the last decade and who built her whole life around a salary she did not know she was going to lose in an early Wednesday morning email. I am thinking about the women I have watched get cut in waves over the last year. In tech. In consulting. In finance, healthcare, media, retail, and many other fields. The ones who were told it was about them when it was about the headcount target. The ones who have not told their friends yet because they cannot face explaining it. I am thinking about how lonely it is to be the person everyone has always come to for advice, and to suddenly be the person they avoid because they do not know what to say. If you are her this week, you are scared because what is happening is scary, and the math is real. I want you to know that I see you. I feel you. I have been you. And I'm sending you a virtual hug. ♻️ Repost if this is the read someone you know needs today. 30 8 Comments Like Comment Share Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Carly Vivian 2mo Report this comment Diana Alvear Thanks for reposting this. Like Reply 1 Reaction Carly Vivian 2mo Report this comment Justine murray Thank you for reposting. Like Reply 1 Reaction Victoria Pelletier 2mo Report this comment The loneliness you've named — going from the person everyone calls for advice to the one they avoid because they don't know what to say — is the part of a layoff nobody prepares you for. To the woman running the runway math at her kitchen table tonight: the fear is real and the numbers are real, and you are still so much more than the headcount target in that email. Thank you for writing this. Like Reply 3 Reactions 4 Reactions Will Linssen 2mo Report this comment I’ve seen leaders quietly carry this weight, then later use that experience to champion more honest conversations about job loss and uncertainty in their next roles. That courage sticks with people. Like Reply 1 Reaction 2 Reactions See more comments To view or add a comment, sign in